Four teenage girls appeared at North Somerset Youth Court yesterday (Tuesday) charged with the assault of a 14-year-old girl.

Weston Mercury: Police cordon at the triangle play-area off Moor Lane Worle.Police cordon at the triangle play-area off Moor Lane Worle. (Image: Archant)

Three girls aged 14 and one girl aged 15 – who cannot be named for legal reasons – appeared in court charged with assault following an incident in Triangle Park, off Moor Lane, on Sunday evening.

The incident left the girl – who also cannot be named – requiring hospital treatment, but she returned home on Monday.

All four of the teenagers charged with the assault have been released on bail.

* For more on this story pick up a copy of the Mercury tomorrow (Thursday).